Stalworth, Queensland

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Coordinates: 26°06′39″S 151°35′44″E / 26.1108°S 151.5955°E / -26.1108; 151.5955 (Stalworth (centre of locality))
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Stalworth
Queensland
Stalworth is located in Queensland
Stalworth
Stalworth
Coordinates26°06′39″S 151°35′44″E / 26.1108°S 151.5955°E / -26.1108; 151.5955 (Stalworth (centre of locality))
Population37 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)4613
Area45.1 km2 (17.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)South Burnett Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal division(s)Flynn
Suburbs around Stalworth:
Speedwell Wigton Abbeywood
Speedwell Stalworth Abbeywood
Okeden Proston Kinleymore

Stalworth is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Stalworth had a population of 37 people.[3]

Geography[edit]

Okeden Road forms most of the south-western boundary of the locality.[4]

Hopefield is a neighbourhood in the centre of the locality (26°07′00″S 151°36′00″E / 26.1166°S 151.6°E / -26.1166; 151.6 (Hopefield)).[5]

The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing and plantation forestry.[4]

History[edit]

The locality was officially named and bounded by government on 16 October 1998,[2] although the locality name has been used since the earliest days of settlement.

A hall was built at Stalworth which hosted dances and social events for many years. It opened on Saturday 21 September 1929[6] and was later extended with significant alternations and improvements which were opened on Saturday 3 March 1934.[7][8] Church services and activities were also held in the hall regularly.[9][10] A Stalworth branch society within the Christian Endeavour movement met in the hall and they hosted the Weinholt Christian Endeavour Union rally there in 1937.[11]

Other social activities in the district included the formation of a Stalworth local soccer team.[12]

There was also a cheese factory at Stalworth for a short time. Newspaper articles from 1925 report that it was destroyed by fire on 30 December 1924 along with the adjoining residence,[13] and the circumstances were regarded as suspicious with the possibility of insurance fraud.[14] It was insured for £1100[14] and was owned at the time by E.V.Hobbs who did not reside there but engaged a caretaker.[15] The caretaker was James Wardill.[16] A local farmer giving evidence at the subsequent inquiry held in Wondai Court House[16] testified that the factory had by then been in disuse for many years,[17] however the owner testified that his son-in-law had operated the cheese plant for a short time between approximately 1919 and 1922 generating turnover to the value of £6000.[15] An advertisement was placed in the Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser newspaper on 6 June 1917 calling for tenders to construct the Stalworth cheese factory by its proprietor E.T.Howes of Memerambi.[18]

One of the first settlers in the district was Sydney Shaw, who subsequently became the first teacher at nearby Abbeywood State School.[19]

Communication services were established relatively early. Telephone was first made available at Stalworth on 25 March 1926.[20] Further, the district is mentioned in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 23 June 1932 when the Postmaster General was calling for tenders for mail delivery in the area - "Proston and Proston, via Block 10, Stalworth Post Office, Slingers and Jingeri letter-box, twice a week. Tenderers to state additional price required for three trips a week."[21]

Demographics[edit]

In the 2016 census, Stalworth had a population of 33 people.[22]

In the 2021 census, Stalworth had a population of 37 people.[3]

Education[edit]

There are no schools in Stalworth but primary and secondary schooling (to Year 10) are available in neighbouring Proston. The nearest secondary school to Year 12 is at Murgon.[23]

Children living in the area attended primary school at Abbeywood State School while it operated between the years 1914 and 1969.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Stalworth (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Stalworth – locality in South Burnett Region (entry 46265)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Stalworth (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ a b "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Hopefield – locality unbounded in South Burnett Regional (entry 16125)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Hivesville". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. 28 September 1929. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  7. ^ "STALWORTH". The Courier-mail. No. 168. Queensland, Australia. 12 March 1934. p. 3. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "WONDAI". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. No. 19, 761. Queensland, Australia. 9 March 1934. p. 9. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "BAPTIST". The Brisbane Courier. No. 22, 582. Queensland, Australia. 14 June 1930. p. 10. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Proston". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. 16 December 1935. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  11. ^ "WONDAI". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. 9 December 1937. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  12. ^ "SOCCER". Brisbane Courier. 25 June 1931. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Cheese Factory Destroyed". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. 7 January 1925. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  14. ^ a b "Suspicious Circumstances". Evening News. 17 March 1925. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Cheese Factory Burned". Telegraph. 16 March 1925. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  16. ^ a b "South Burnett". Daily Mail. 21 February 1925. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  17. ^ ""WILFULLY SET ON FIRE."". The Brisbane Courier. No. 20, 927. Queensland, Australia. 18 February 1925. p. 16. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2023 – via National Library of Australia.>
  18. ^ "Advertising". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. 6 June 1917. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  19. ^ Shaw, S. (1977) Over the Fence. Arthur H. Stockwell, Ilfracombe, Devon.
  20. ^ "Telephone for Stalworth". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. 31 March 1926. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  21. ^ "Postmaster-General's Department". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. 23 June 1932. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  22. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Stalworth (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  23. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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